USS Kidd (DDG 100)

Northrop Grumman Photo

USS KIDD is the 50th ship in the ARLEIGH BURKE - class of Aegis guided missile destroyers and the third ship in the Navy named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: March 6, 1998
	Keel laid: March 1, 2004
	Launched: December 15, 2004
	Commissioned: June 9, 2007
	Builder: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Ingalls Operations, Pascagoula, Miss.
	Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters)
	Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
	Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load
	Speed: 32 knots
	Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters
	Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes
	Homeport: San Diego, Calif.
	Crew: approx. 380

go to the end of the page

Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS KIDD. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

Click here to view the list.

go to the end of the page

Click here to see which USS KIDD memorabilia are currently for sale on ebay.

go to the end of the page

Click here to read more about the Ship's Namesake - Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd

go to the end of the page

Accidents aboard USS KIDD:

Date	Where	Events
August 29, 2005	Pascagoula, Miss.	The KIDD, at that time under construction in Pascagoula, Miss., is damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The ship is holed and partially flooded forcing KIDD to return to dry dock for repairs and delaying her commissioning by more than 6 months.

go to the end of the page

USS KIDD Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by me and show the KIDD at San Diego, Calif., on March 10, 2008.

Back to Destroyers list.

Back to ships list.

Back to selection page.

Back to 1^st page.